Project Engineer

Job Description

Title: Project Engineer

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Location: Liberty, NC (On-Site)

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Duration: 12-Month Contract (W2)

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Schedule: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, with occasional weekend/holiday/shutdown support

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Travel: Up to 10% (domestic; possible international)

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About the Role

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A large manufacturing facility is looking for a Project Engineer to support new model launch and pre-production trial activity. This person coordinates across engineering, project management, construction, and purchasing teams to drive project milestones, define and report KPIs, and lead cross-functional problem solving.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Coordinate new model launch activities across multiple divisions and companies, through every phase of development to start of production

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- Define and report project KPIs and milestones using a master operations plan; build standardized reporting outputs

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- Lead project and trial visual-management (Obeya) sessions

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- Support pre-production trials — parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management by project phase

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- Support construction activity: building preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, and coordination with facilities teams

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- Solve issues impacting launch execution; drive countermeasures and prevent recurrence

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- Contribute to department standardization — job instruction documentation, feedback to the master plan, no-repeat countermeasures

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- Complete internal and external training as required

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Requirements

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- Bachelor's degree or higher, OR 5+ years equivalent experience in a project-related role

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- Project management experience with large capital investments

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- Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs to senior/executive leadership

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- Experience creating and maintaining detailed schedules, including milestone achievement

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- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%

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- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (e.g., July and December) as needed — ~25%

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- Ability to support evening meetings with Japan as needed

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Preferred

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- Supplier management experience

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- Battery or automotive manufacturing experience

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- 3-pillar management/execution experience

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- Gated milestone (BRAD-style) execution

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- Structured business-practice problem solving

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- Understanding of manufacturing planning processes, specifications, and product development

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